However, some small counties can defeat others without fighting, but they still have to gnaw the hard nut of Jiangling.
In Jiangling, most of them were Yangzhou Army or Nanman Army. Yue Fei and Zhang Liang's mind-attacking techniques were very effective against the Chu Army, but their impact on the Yangzhou Army and Nanman Army was very limited.
In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu are people who are able to exploit every opportunity and will not easily let go of any opportunity that is available.
In a series of siege operations, the Jin army used most of its previous surrendered troops as cannon fodder in order to reduce its own losses. To be more precise, Yue Fei had previously asked his generals to train these surrendered soldiers in order to make them more useful cannon fodder.
But Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu took full advantage of this. Especially the stubborn Southern Barbarians under Yang Su were completely aroused to hate the Jin army one by one.
"Now that all counties have surrendered, General Wu Qi will be able to rejoin our army soon!"
"General Qin has been attacking continuously for many days, and Wu and Han must not be able to hold on for a long time! I plan to wait until all the armies reunite to officially attack Jiangling!" After thinking for a moment, Yue Fei said slowly.
Jiangling is the largest city in Nanjun, and it is also an important town in Jingzhou. After all the three forces in the city are mixed together, there are 50,000 to 60,000 elite troops alone, not to mention the new recruits Liu Xiu has just recruited.
Therefore, such an important city cannot be taken down by Yue Fei's soldiers and horses. When Wu Qi and Qin Qiong reunited, Yue Fei had no intention of attacking Jiangling.
At this time, Yue Fei still adopted the same policy as in the Nanyang period, first pulling out the surrounding cities one by one, and finally concentrating his efforts to finally deal with the remaining important town.
During this process, Yue Fei was not afraid that Liu Xiu would send troops to hinder them. If they really dared to leave the city, Yue Fei would be happy!
Nowadays, under the constant attacks on people's hearts and minds, many counties have simply surrendered, and the remaining counties have become panic-stricken and unsteady. This has saved Wu Qi a lot of trouble.
With Wu Qi's ability, it won't take long to completely wipe out the counties in the western part of Nanjun.
As for Qin Qiong, Wu Han has always been a tough nut to crack. However, Wu Han's troops were originally insufficient, and most of them were newly recruited soldiers. It didn't take long for Qin Qiong to take care of him.
Speaking of Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, Yue Fei just mentioned Qin Qiong's place, and the news about Qin Qiong's place had already been transmitted.
"Report...to the Grand Governor, General Qin Qiong led his army to break through the city, and the Wu Han who defended the city committed suicide!"
Just as Qin Qiong was mentioned, a soldier hurriedly entered the tent after reporting the news and announced the news.
"Congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, General Qin Qiong's victory. Of the ten counties in Nanjun, only Jiangling is left!" When the news came, Zhang Liang said loudly.
With the death of Wu Han, it can be said that all Jingbei generals, except Wang Liao, were completely lost. Although people like Wei Yan and Huo Jun also have some abilities, they are incomparable to Wu Han, Deng Yu, Wen Zhong and others in terms of status and influence.
Moreover, in Nanjun, apart from the important town of Jiangling, which Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang personally guarded, there were only two strong men, Liu Yu and Wu Han, and the rest were not of concern at all.
As for the two hard-core problems of Liu Yu and Wu Han, one has been solved by Yue Fei himself, and the other has been solved by Qin Qiong. Apart from the important town of Jiangling, Nanjun really has no major problems.
However, Yue Fei and the others didn't know that Qin Qiong's battle was really difficult. With the help of Xi Hong, Xi Zhen and other generals, Wu Han wantonly smeared the Jin army, pinned a series of unfounded charges such as massacre of the city and killing prisoners on the Jin army, and mobilized the power of the people in the city to fight against Qin Qiong.
In these troubled times, the princes are constantly fighting against each other. Today you beat me, and tomorrow I will beat you. Naturally, a series of policies will be adopted towards the people under their rule.
When princes from all walks of life mentioned the situation under the rule of other princes, it was naturally impossible to say anything. Of course, they always described good things as bad, and bad things as worse.
In short, in the hearts of the people under the control of each prince, all other princes made orders because the people were in dire straits. In an environment like this in ancient times, the government had many ways to control people's thoughts.
A fixed impression has been formed in normal times, and coupled with Wu Han, Xi Hong, Xi Zhen and others' temporary slander through various means, it really allowed them to fully mobilize the power of the people.
When the war reached a later stage, even the strength of women and the elderly was forcibly used by Wu Han. Although these people could not directly participate in defending the city, they could also help carry supplies to the city wall.
As a result, Qin Qiong not only spent such a long time in defeating Wu Han, but also suffered huge casualties. Of the eight thousand surrendered troops, five thousand were killed in the battle, and almost all of the remaining three thousand were injured. The genuine elite of the Jin army also lost a total of ten thousand.
In order to attack a city, Qin Qiong is probably the first person here to pay such a heavy price since the beginning of the war in Jingbei. It can be said that Qin Qiong won this battle but still lost.
But since they had paid such a heavy price, after the soldiers broke through the city, they naturally wanted to vent their anger. All the captured soldiers were slaughtered afterwards.
Even though many of them were just farmers who had just put down their farm tools, as long as they participated in this war, they were treated as regular Chu troops. The wives and daughters of the soldiers of the Chu army were also rewarded to the soldiers of the Jin army respectively.
After this battle, more than 80% of the men in the city guarded by Wu Han had been lost in this battle. Some died on the spot, and some were beheaded after the city was broken.
As for Wu Han himself, after Qin Qiong captured the city, he had already committed suicide.
First of all, he himself was Liu Xiu's confidant, so it was impossible for him to defect to the Jin army. Even if he had this idea, he still had to consider his family. His family members had now gone to Jingnan with Wang Liao.
Secondly, he resisted so resolutely this time and caused such huge casualties to the Jin army. In fact, he had already blocked the road to surrender.
Therefore, in order to prevent being humiliated after being captured alive by the Jin army, Wu Han simply killed himself, which can be regarded as achieving his reputation of loyalty.
